Podcast Episode 7 Buying vs Leasing Trucks

Intro In today’s episode, we will be discussing buying vs. leasing, but more specifically, the advantages of leasing from Penske. As stated in previous episodes, we believe leasing is the best option, especially with small and mid-size fleets, because it offers a fixed cost. To help you make this decision for yourself, we have been […]

Podcast Episode 6 Freight Marketing

Today’s topic is internet marketing. More specifically, we will be going over the four pillars of SEO and why they are vital to your company’s growth and sales.  This article is not for everyone in the transportation industry. If you are exclusively in the outbound market for nationwide transportation, you focus on the spot transactional […]

Podcast Episode 5 Freight Insurance

Freight Insurance

Intro On today’s podcast, we have a special guest. John Crassel is an insurance broker from right here in South Florida. He works for assured partners, who are a leader in the transport insurance industry.  We will be asking John some of the major questions that most carriers will have about their insurance and go […]

Podcast Episode 4 Hours of Service

On today’s podcast, we will be discussing hours of service. We will provide a template to help you educate your drivers on your hours of service policy. On top of that, we will help you make sure you are ready for any audit that may come your way.   An audit can happen if your […]

Freight Guru Podcast Ep.3

Container Drayage The world of drayage is very different from the world of nationwide trucking. It is a very fractured, mostly cottage industry, which operates almost exclusively offline. However, your first question might be, “What is container drayage?” Container drayage is the niche movement of containers between ports and distribution points, usually within a 50 […]

Freight Guru Podcast Ep.2

How to Start a Trucking Company in Florida    There are two main types of trucking companies one can start. You can be an owner-operator or a fleer owner/manager. Here we are going to focus on being a fleet manager with regards to over-the-road transport. There are many different ways to go about managing a […]

Freight Guru Podcast Ep.1

The current state of the Spot Market in Q1 2021 The goal of the Freight Guru Podcast is to educate and inform the trucking community. We want to grow industry knowledge by trying out new techniques and sharing our successes and failures with the broader community.  For this podcast, we want to focus on five […]

4PL v. 3PL, What’s the Difference?

   4PL v. 3PL, What’s the Difference? Trucking, Technology and More on Freight Hub Podcast with Matthew Schiffer of JUSDA Jusda’s Matthew Schiffer stopped by the Freight Hub Group podcast to talk with host Luis Lopez about the differences between 4PL and 3PL carriers. Jusda focuses on “going deeper” than visibility and uses its platform […]

Could the Freight Crisis Predict the Next Global Recession?

  Could the Freight Crisis Predict the Next Global Recession? Christoph Niemann, Regional Seafreight Southeast Area Operations Manager of Kuehne + Nagel (arguably the largest transport and logistics company in the world) stopped by the Freight Hub Group in South Florida to talk with TruckHub Founder Luis Lopez. Check the insights, humor, personal stories, and more in Podcast Episode 4. Global […]

How Outdated Industries Make Room for “Disruptive” Millennial Business Owners

  How Outdated Industries Make Room for “Disruptive” Millennial Business Owners feat. Raul Bolufe of Capital Rise Investments Raul Bolufe of Capital Rise Investments, a real estate investment firm, stopped by the Freight Hub Group podcast to chat with Luis Lopez, TruckHub Founder, about what it takes to be a disruptive entrepreneur in age-old industries. More and […]